Before jumping into our comment, thanks Matilda for drafting this comprehensive GG24 roadmap.
Our first impression of this roadmap is quite positive. We found it well-structured, with well-thought-out gradual phases that build upon each other to reach the final goal, which is none other than a successful GG24. Moreover, this roadmap materialises the “Gitcoin Grants 2025 and Beyond: Funding What Matters Most in the Ethereum Ecosystem” proposal, continuing to fund what matters most in Ethereum.
Another thing that we found interesting is how this roadmap combines the trend of professionalising DAOs, including experts and specialists, without excluding the community from the decisions that will shape the next Gitcoin Grant. Undeniably, the community is what makes Gitcoin special and this roadmap involves them when their voices matter the most, while letting professionals sort out the implementation of decisions taken by GTC holders.
Therefore, the progression from sensemaking and community vote, to expert implementation makes sense to us, and it would be really interesting to participate in Phase 5. However, Phase 4 is where we have the most questions, as we don’t find clear examples of how the coordinated execution across multiple domains would actually work in practice. We’re curious about:
- Who would be involved in conducting phase 4?
- How are we going to ensure simultaneous campaigns don’t compete for the same donors or attention?
- How are we going to keep communication standardised across multiple campaigns if they are carried out by different teams?
Most of our questions were already raised by Ivanmolto and responded to by Mathilda. Based on those responses, we’ll wait until we have more details of the roadmap phases to provide feedback and understand how we can get involved beyond driving the decision-making with GTC holders!
When it comes to this question:
What domains do you think deserve priority funding?
We believe that Ethereum’s building efforts and focus should be on abstraction. By abstraction we mean relieving users of complicated tasks, solving them with user-friendly interfaces which end up being intuitive and easy-to-use everyday tools. Therefore, this category can encompass lots of different subcategories like:
- Security: Abstract security matters from users’ hands with interfaces that handle that for them, such as account abstraction.
- UX: Create UXs that abstract complexity from users, giving them easy-to-use tools related to DeFi, bridging, and similar activities.
Other topics to consider are:
- Scalability.
- ZK implementations to improve/create security and privacy tools.
Lastly, to ensure we’re aligned with Ethereum’s needs, we shouldn’t lose sight of its roadmap. Therefore, our suggested domains align with it. Just as a reminder, the next key areas in Ethereum’s roadmap can be summarised as follows:
- The Surge → Tackling scalability issues.
- The Scourge → Keeping the ecosystem decentralised.
- The Verge → Tackling verification issues.
- The Purge & Splurge → UX improvements to support broader adoption.
All in all, we’re super excited about the Gitcoin revamp and happy to keep working towards improving the Ethereum ecosystem whilst keeping our close ties with the community.